Hodd
Old Norse Dictionary - hoddMeaning of Old Norse word "hodd" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
hodd Old Norse word can mean:
- hodd
- n. pl.,—the m. pl. hoddar, which occurs twice in verses of the 13th century (Sturl.), is a false and late form; [Ulf. huzd = θησαυρός; A. S. hord; Engl. hoard; O. H. G. hort]:—a hoard, treasure, only in poetry; hodd blóðrekin, Hkv. 1. 9; hodd Hniflunga, Germ. Niebelungen hort, Akv. 26; hodd (acc. pl.) ok rekna brodda, Fagrsk. (in a verse); góðum hoddum, FaS. ii. 312 (in a verse); granda hoddum, mæra e-n hoddum, Lex. poët.; kveðja hodda (gen.), Eb. (in a verse); oddar roðnir hoddum, Arnór; halda hoddum fyrir e-m, Ísl. ii. 224 (in a verse).
- hodd
- 2. poët. phrases, as hoddum haettr, hodda (gen.) brjótr, njótr, stökkvir, stríðir, þverrir, the breaker … of gold, a princely man: as also poët. cornpds, hodd-brjótr, -beiðandi, -finnandi, -geymir, -glötuðr, -lestir, -lógandi, -mildingr, -sendir, -skati, -spennir, -stiklandi, -stríðandi, -sveigir, -sviptir, -veitir, -vönuðr, all epithets of a lordly, princely man: so of women, hodd-gefn, -grund; the nouns, hodd-mildr, -örr, = liberal; hodd-dofi, a, m. stinginess; and the mythical pr. names Hodd-mímir, Hodd-dropnir, ‘gold-dripping,’ Sdm.
- hodd
- II. a holy place, temple, sanctuary, where the holy things are hoarded; of this sense, which occurs in Heliand (Schmeller), the Gm. 27 is the single instance left on record, see Bugge’s note to l. c. in his Edda, p. 81.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᛏᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- pl.
- plural.
- S.
- Saga.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- v.
- vide.
- poët.
- poetically.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
Works & Authors cited:
- Akv.
- Atla-kviða. (A. II.)
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Fagrsk.
- Fagrskinna. (K. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Hkv.
- Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Sdm.
- Sigrdrífu-mál. (A. II.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Gm.
- Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
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